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Safety & Sea Survival e-learning course
This is an e-Learning Course that you complete online. Click on the links to ENROL at the bottom of the page.
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Australian Sailing - Safety & Sea Survival

Course information

e-Learning Course: Sea Safety & Survival

This e-learning course, combined with the practical wet drills, constitutes a 2-day course under the World Sailing and Australian Sailing SSSC requirements. Your wet drills are booked directly with the provider (we don't run wet drills).

This is an online course. After you have enrolled, we will send your login details. The SSSC e-learning course takes around 6 hours to complete. The content is structured so you can review the material as fast or as slow as you feel comfortable.

Above & Beyond Boating is an accredited Australian Sailing Centre, and this e-learning course is recognised as part of the Safety and Sea Survival (SSSC) program. 

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Course Overview

The Safety & Sea Survival (SSS) course involves classroom presentations & learning activities, and practical exercises in the use of liferafts, inflatable lifejackets & distress flares.  Of 16 hrs duration the course is usually delivered over 2 full-days and is facilitated by Safety & Sea Survival Instructors at approved Training Centres. The maximum teaching ratio for this course is 20 students to 1 SSS Instructor (in the classroom) with a reduced ratio of 10:1 for pool sessions.  Practical exercises are usually conducted in heated public swimming pools, but may be conducted in clean and enclosed salt-water pools and Marinas providing the water is clean, the temperature is at least 15oC, and all associated risks have been managed.

Course Prerequisites

Nil

Who should do this course?

This Course assists offshore skippers and crews in developing awareness of respective responsibilities. To offer and discuss practical strategies for coping with emergencies at sea. To familiarise skippers and crews with safety and emergency equipment, its purpose, deployment, and use. This course is also suitable for cruisers or those wanting to learn more about safety on the water.

Course Outcome

You will gain a Safety and Sea Survival Qualification Certificate as required for Category 1 and Category 2 races. This certificate is valid for 5 years from the date of the course.